Kitchen furniture.



G. H. BARKER. KI'IGEEN FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913.

1,116,544. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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GEORGE H. BARKER, OF PASADENA, (JALIFGRNIA, ASSIGNOR TO IMPROVEDSANITARY FIXTURE COMPANY, OF LOS FORNIA.

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF GALI- KITCI-IEN FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 19, 1913.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914. Serial No. 774,683.

To ail whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BARKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in. the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have made new and usefulImprovements in Kitchen Furniture, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the work atakitchen sink can be performed with greater ease, facility andconvenience, and to minimize the disagreea-ble features of such work,and to do this without any liability of clogging the drain pipe of thesink. Also to accomplish this in the simplest and most sanitary mannor.

The invention involves various features, parts and combinations and isregarded as pioneer in that the floor of the kitchen sink pan isprovided with a pit, and a portable, removable garbage holder iscontained in the pit and practice ly forms an open mouthed false bottomtherefor or a closure for the mouth thereof and is adapted while in thepit to there receive refuse and to hold the same below the level of thefloor of the kitchen sink so that it will be out of the way until aconvenient time for its removal arrives.

A further pioneer feature resides in the combination of a portablegarbage holder having a drainage floor, and a liquid holder in the formof a panattached to and carried by the garbage holder and extendingabove the outlet from the garbage holder so as to form therewith agrease trap.

Other features, objects and advantages may appear from the subjoincddetail description.

The invention may be variously constructed.

In my co-pending application Serial No.

' 736,416, filed Dec. 12, 1912, for kitchen sink utensil, patented ofeven date herewith, I have shown and claimed a portable garbage andgrease separator comprising a pan, a receptacle seated therein and adetachable perforated bottom supported in the receptacle below the levelof the top of the pan and above the floor thereof; and have also shownand claimed the garbage receptacle set forth herein comprising a wallopen at the top and bottom only, means inside the wall. to support abottom, and a detachable perforated bottom supported by said means,

such receptacle being seated in and attached to a pan which raises thewater above the The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention inthe form at present deemed most desirable.

Figure 1 is a plan of a specimen of the newly invented kitchen furniturecomprising a combined sink, garbage holder and grease trap ready foruse. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on line m Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an elevation of the portable combined garbage holder and liquidholder adapted to form and forming agrease trap; said holders beingremoved from the pit and detached from each other. Fig. 4 is an enlargedfragmental sectional elevation of the grease trap formed at the lowerpart of the carbage holder by parts connected together. Fig. 5 is a plansection on about the level of line m, Fig. 4 at a time when the liquidholder pan has just been applied to but has not been fastened to thegarbage holder. Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmental sectional elevation ofa portion of the left side of Fig. 1 at the joint between the twoholders. Fig. 7 is a corresponding elevation of the right side ofFig. 1. Fig. 8 is anionlarged fragmental elevational detail of the lowerportion of the garbage holder and a portion of the liquid holder thereinand detached therefrom.

The sink pan 1 may be of the ordinary construction. except that thesloping floor 2 thereof is provided with a deep depression ordischarging pit 3 having a rounded rim l at the lower portion of saidfloor 2 and having at its bottom, drainage means as the drain outlet 5in which is secured a waste pipe 6, a fragment of which is shown, sothat liquids from the floor 2 may drain freely and ilnobstructcdly intothe trap 6 which is of any ordinary construction.

Mounted and preferably suspended within the pit 3 is a downwardlycontracted hollow wall 7 constituting part of the garbage holder havinga contraction 8 at its lower end which terminates in a channeled collar9 having an outward bottom extension 10. The drainage means at thebottom of the garbage holder comprises a strainer arranged as the floorof the garbage holder and is formed by a member 11 of perforated sheetmaterial preferably pressed into an inverted cup and detachably insertedinto the hollow wall 7 and supported by the contraction 8 and forming ascreen for the outlet at the bottom of the garbage holder.

The liquid holder 12 is a pan having a contracted and depressed downwardbottom extension 13 provided with inward indentations or projections 1 1at intervals topass through notches 15 that are spaced apart atcorresponding intervals in the downwardly extending annularly channeledcollar 9, the channel 16 of which is arranged to receive the inwardindentations or projections 14L so that by inserting the collar of thegarbage holder into the downward extension of the liquid holder andturning the two parts relatively, the liquid holder will be attached tothe garbage holder; said garbage holder and liquid holder thuspractically forming a single vessel suspended in the pit and providedwith a bail 17 inserted into the garbage holder and secured thereto nearthe top thereof by extending the tips 18 of the bail through holes 19 ofthe garbage holder just below th flaring rim 20 thereof which is roundedover to fit upon the rounded rim 4 of the pit practically flush with thefloor 2 of the sink pan. The bail is of such dimensions relative to themouth of the hollow wall in which it is inserted (see Figs. '1 and 3)that when dropped over to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, it is heldaslant by and projects above the rim of said hollow wall and above thefloor of the sink pan, always in position to be readily grasped by thehand of the attendant without the necessity of such hand coming incontact with the contents of the sink or of the garbage holderlVhen theliquid holder and garbage holder are assembled together, as indicated inFig. d, a drainage chamber 21 is formed below the garbage holderdrainage floor 11, and the same together with notches 15 afford a freepassage for liquids from the garbage holder into the space 22 betweenthe garbage holder and the liquid holder, over the rim of which liquidmay overflow from the garbage holder into the pit which is of largerdiameter than the liquid holder, that in turn is of larger diameter thanthe lower portion of the garbage holder, and of smaller diame ter thanthe upper portion of such garbage holder which is of reduced diameterbelow its brim so that there is a free passage for liquid from thegarbage holder and around the liquid holder to the drainage trap 6 andthe garbage holder and its appendage, viz., the liquid holder, can bereadily inserted into and withdrawn from the pit. The garbage holder andliquid holder with the floor 11 and the-notches 15 thus constitute anefiicient grease trap to prevent any grease which may reach the interiorof the garbage holder from flowing to the trap 6.

Preferably the sink pan and pit may be of any customary sanitaryconstruction, be-

ing in some instances made of porcelaincoated cast iron; and the hollowwall 7, liquid holder and foraminous drainage floor may be of somesuitable non-corrodible easily cleaned material which is not liable tobreakage and may, for instance, be copper, aluminum, tin, galvanizediron, enameled ware or the like.

In practice, the combined garbage holder and grease trap generallyremains in place as a permanent part of the kitchenfurnh ture and isnever removed therefrom excepting temporarily for the purpose ofemptying and' cleaning said combined garbage holder and grease trap, andwhen thus removed the parts are readily detachable by simply turning theliquid holder to bring the inward projections 14 into notches 15. henthe combined garbage holder and grease trap is removed from the pit, thepit is accessible for perfect cleansing, consequently all of the partscan be always kept perfectly clean and free from filthy. or decomposedaccumulations.

In practical use the attendant desiring to prepare a meal, may wash andpare vegetables in the garbage holder allowing the water to run freelyfrom the faucet or hose, not shown, into the garbage holder and may dropthe parings into the garbage holder,

thus forming a clean and sanitary mat there-' in to receive andintercept other refuse that may be dropped into the holder. Otherarticles of food may also be prepared at the sink, and in the course ofsuch preparation, whatever refuse there may be can be dropped into thegarbage holder, and unless from the nature or excessive quantity of suchrefuse, it. becomes desirable to immediately empty the garbage holder itmay 3e allowed to remain in the pit until after the meal has beenprepared and eaten and the dishes have been brought to the sink to bewashed. Then by means of a hose attached to the faucet, not shown, or byany suitable means, the dishes may be drenched with hot water whilebeing held over the garbage holder, thus depositing all refuse from thedishes on top of the vagetable parings or other refuse in the garbageholder, which refuse therefore becomes a protection to the water trappedby the liquid holder above the drainage floor, and intercepts the greaseand holds most of it out of contact with the garbage holder. It isevident, how ever, that in case the garbage holder is empty when it isdesired to drench refuse from dishes thereinto, that a charge of wa ter,preferably cold, may be allowed to flow into the garbage holder andgrease trap, thus filling the liquid holder and forming a protection toprevent grease from reaching the drainage floor and that in any case assoon as the liquid holder is filled with water no grease can escape fromthe garbage holder.

When the dishes have been washed the attendantwill slip his fingersunderneath the outwardly slanting bail and will lift the garbage holderby such bail, and in the course of removing the combined garbage holderand grease trap he will tilt the same sufficiently to drain from thedrainage chamber the liquid contained therein, and for the purpose offacilitating such drainage the liquid holder is flaring and the notches15 are of such number and appropriate location as to allow rapiddrainage from the chamber 22 when the appliance is thus tilted.

It is to be observed that though the garbage holder may allow liquids todrain into the pit, it forms practical closure for the pit to preventsolids from being swept thereinto from the sink pan floor, and that itis an easy matter to sweep such solids directly from the floor 2 intothe garbage holder.

The liquid holder is shown as being of suiiicient depth to allow itsbrim. to extend above the bottom of the garbage holder to form thegrease trap therewith and to hold the strainer immersed in water whenthe garbage holder is in the pit, even though the two holders weredetached from each other and the liquid holder were supported by thefloor of the pit while the garbage holder is suspended or otherwisesupported in the pit. In case the garbage holder is at anytime used inthis detached form, care should be taken to let the garbage holder dripafter removal from the pan before lifting it out of the sink to emptythe contents.

The drainage pit 3 is preferably formed by a downward continuation ofthe sink pan 2 and its walls tend downward all the way from the bottomof the sink pan to the drainage means 6, so that there is alwayscomplete drainage from the drainage pit and liquids will not stand insaid pit. Consequently, the level of the liquid inside the garbageholder 7 will not stand above the level at which the liquid flows offfrom the pan 12, the rim of which is outside the garbage holder 7 andwithin the drainage pit and above the level of the drainage outlet 6.There is thus produced means as the hollow wall 7 and the screen bottom11 to hold the garbage, means as the pan 12 to hold water in a positionto prevent escape of the grease and to prevent the grease fromaccumulating on the screen bottom 11; and the drainage pit 3 having thedrainageoutlet 6 arranged to receive the liquid from the edge of the panand immediately carry it away, thus allowing all of the garbage orrefuse in the hollow wall 7 above the level of the pan 12 to drainfreely, the drainage means at the bottom of the pit being open to drainthe liquid from the pit.

I claim 1. A portable garbage holder wall to be inserted into the pit ofa sink and supported by its brim on the rim of the pit and forming aclosure for solids at the mouth of the pit, a perforated member formingthe bottom of said garbage holder wall, and a liquid holder removablyattached to the bottom of the garbage holder and extending under theperforated member and terminating above the level of the perforatedmember, there being a drainage passage from the garbage holder wall tothe rim of the liquid holder located below the perforated member for thepurpose of draining the garbage holder and therewith forming a greasetrap.

2. A portable garbage holder to be detachably mounted in the pit of asink and practically forming a closure for the mouth of the pit andprovided near its bottom with a perforated member, and a liquid holderremovably attached to the bottom of the garbage holder to form a greasetrap.

3. A garbage holder to be inserted into the pit of a sink, said garbageholder having a rounded brim resting on the rim of the pit and beingcontracted at its lower portion, and a liquid holder fastened to thebottom of the garbage holder and having a smaller outer periphery thanthe opening into the pit of the sink so that said liquid holder may betherewith insertible into and withdrawable from the pit.

4-. The combination with a garbage holder to be inserted into the pit ofa sink, said garbage holder having a perforated member near the bottomthereof, and a liquid holder removably attached to the bottom of thegarbage holder and having its rim above such perforated member.

5. The combination with a garbage holder to be inserted into the pit ofa sink, said garbage holder having a drainage outlet at its bottom, anda liquid holder extending below the bottom of the garbage holder andhaving its rim above such drainage outlet, said liquid holder beingdetachably fastened to the garbage holder and having its periphery ofsmaller diameter than the opening into the pit so that said liquidholder may be insertible into and removable from the pit with saidgarbage holder.

6. The combination with a garbage holder to be inserted into the pit ofa sink, said garbage holder having a contracted lower por tion and anoutlet at the bottom, a liquid holder detachably fastened to the garbageholder, and a detachable drainage floor supsaid liquid holder extendingbeloW the botported in and forming a screen for said tom of the garbageholder and having its outlet, said drainage floor being located be rimabove said strainer. low the level of the rim of said liquid holder. Intestimony whereof, I have hereuntoset 5 7. The combination with agarbage holder my hand at Los Angeles, California this .5

to be inserted into the pit of a sink; said gar- 12th day of June 1913.

bage holder comprising a drainage outlet at GEORGE H. BARKER. its bottomand a strainer above said outlet In presence ofin said garbage holder;and a liquid holder JAMES R. TOWNSEND, 10 detachably fastened to thegarbage holder, l L. BELLE WEAVER.

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